so, kelly, it's not going to be that bad, but sequestration is five days away. >> mark and angela, the american people want to know, is there a way to avert this crisis that we're now experiencing and many people are saying that it's a manufactured crisis, but the president, if you were paying attention to molly henneberg's story before we came to you. the president went on to say, we need to take a balanced approach on cuts on programs and close some tax loopholes that are taking advantage of. but house speaker john boehner as you know, says that the president needs to get the democrats acting in congress and we've got the back and forth going on. are you at all optimistic that a last minute deal could be done to avert the sequester? >> and i don't think that the-- >> mark, go ahead. >> yeah, go ahead, mark. >> i don't think that democrats are very optimistic, unfortunately, because we've had republican senators and congressman say out loud and publicly that they want the sequestration to happen. this is sort of, you know, they don't know what the real world consequences of this seque